Region of the Western Cape in South Africa, east of Cape Town
This article is about the region in South Africa. For the District Municipality, see Overberg District Municipality. For other uses, see Overberg (disambiguation).
Typical summer (dry season) Overberg landscape with the Babilonstoring Mountains beyond between Caledon and Bot RiverOverberg in the early spring with canola fields in the foreground and Riviersonderend Mountains in the backgroundMap of the Overberg
Overberg is a region in South Africa to the east of Cape Town beyond the Hottentots-Holland mountains. It lies along the Western Cape Province's south coast between the Cape Peninsula and the region known as the Garden Route in the east. The boundaries of the Overberg are the Hottentots-Holland mountains in the West; the Riviersonderend Mountains, part of the Cape Fold Belt, in the North; the Atlantic and Indian Oceans in the South and the Breede River in the East.
The area has always been considered as the breadbasket of the Cape and is largely given to grain farming — mainly wheat. The wheat fields are a major breeding ground for South Africa's national bird, the blue crane. Another important crop in the Overberg is fruit, with the Elgin Valley producing about 60 percent of the total annual apple crop of about 819 000 tonnes (2012 data).[1]
Nestled in the Overberg, one can find the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve (recognised and registered with UNESCO) populated with a large diversity of flowering plants not found anywhere else in the fynbos biome.
The major towns are Hermanus, Caledon, Bredasdorp, Grabouw and Swellendam and the region includes Cape Agulhas, the southernmost point of Africa. The landscape is dominated by gently to moderately undulating hills enclosed by mountains and the ocean.
The name, derived from Over 't Berg, means "over the (Hottentots-Holland) mountain" and is a reference to the region's location relative to Cape Town.[2]
^Binard, M. Phillipe. "WAPA Releases Southern Hemisphere Apple and Pear Crop Forecasts" (PDF). WAPA Press Release. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
^Raper, P.E. (2004). South African Place Names. Jonathan Ball, Jhb & Cape Town. p. 296. ISBN 1-86842-190-2.
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